Synopses & Reviews
Here's lookin' at you, kid…
Called upon to make a toast at your daughter’s dirthday? Your boss's baby shower? Your brother's wedding? Your sister's divorce? Don't worry about what to say. Pour everyone a drink and relax. Your wit is about to get sharpened for you…
May you live as long as you want, and not want as long as you live…
This entertaining and comprehensive guide—fully indexed by category, occasion and contributor—includes more than 1,300 heartwarming, hilarious, cynical, sentimental, and exotic toasts. It is the perfect party companion, whether you’re saluting good health, bad habits, old enemies, or new friends.
To all our guests who make us happy, some by coming and others by going…
Featuring all the right words for all right occasions by Oscar Wilde, Charles Dickens, Dorothy Parker, Mark Twain, Groucho Marx, John F. Kennedy, Winston Churchill, W.C. Fields, Bette Davis, Jack London, Robert Frost, Ogden Nash, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, John Barrymore, P.J. O'Rourke, Miss Piggy, Emily Dickinson, William Shakespeare, Mae West, Walter Winchell, Socrates, Benjamin Franklin, Victor Hugo, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Gloria Steinhem and hundreds of others who never worried about being at a loss for words.
And here's to living well, 'tis the best revenge…
(Ahem)…I think it was a wise old soul who once said…
Never eat more than you can lift. —Miss Piggy
Here's to age. Do not resist growing old, many are denied the privilege. —Anonymous
A Merry Christmas this December to a lot of folks I don't remember. —Franklin Adams
I have known many, liked a few, loved only one, so here's to you. —Anonymous
Forgive your enemies, but remember their names! —John F. Kennedy
Here's to happiness, it sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open. —John Barrymore
Here's to love which doesn't make the world go round, but it sure makes the ride worthwhile. —Mae West
I know the things I know, and do the things I do, And if you do not like me so to hell, my love, with you! —Dorothy Parker
Let us toast the fools; but for them the rest of us could not succeed. —Mark Twain
I used to know a clever toast, but pshaw, I cannot think of it. So fill your glass to anything, and bless your souls I'll drink to it. —Wallace Irwin
Review
"Jennifer Rahel Conover is a real authority [on toasts]....Toasts for Every Occasion...tempts one to drink, just to use the book's aphorisms and epigrams as well as its toasts." Sarah Booth Conroy, The Washington Post
Review
"[A] fascinating look at the history of toasting [with] more than 1,300 toasts in 175 categories from around the world....You'll always have the perfect way to christen your anniversaries, showers, weddings, business dinners, and every other kind of ce'ebration here's to Jennifer!" Romantic Times
Review
"Toasts for Every Occasion...is packed with all sorts of clever words that just might land you a permanent spot on the party circuit." The Sacramento Bee
Synopsis
This entertaining and comprehensive guide includes more than 1,300 heartwarming, hilarious, cynical, and sentimental toasts for any party or occasion. Called upon to make a toast at your daughter's dirthday? Your boss's baby shower? Your brother's wedding? Your sister's divorce? Don't worry about what to say. Pour everyone a drink and relax. Your wit is about to get sharpened for you...
Featuring all the right words for all right occasions by Oscar Wilde, Charles Dickens, Dorothy Parker, Mark Twain, Groucho Marx, John F. Kennedy, Winston Churchill, W.C. Fields, Bette Davis, Jack London, Robert Frost, Ogden Nash, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, John Barrymore, P.J. O'Rourke, Miss Piggy, Emily Dickinson, William Shakespeare, Mae West, Walter Winchell, Socrates, Benjamin Franklin, Victor Hugo, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Gloria Steinhem and hundreds of others who never worried about being at a loss for words.
Synopsis
Here's lookin' at you, kid...
Called upon to make a toast at your daughter's birthday? Your boss's baby shower? Your brother's wedding? Your sister's divorce? Don't worry about what to say. Pour everyone a drink and relax. Your wit is about to get sharpened for you...
May you live as long as you want, and not want as long as you live...
This entertaining and comprehensive guide fully indexed by category, occasion, and contributor includes more than 1,300 heartwarming, hilarious, cynical, sentimental, and exotic toasts. It is the perfect party companion, whether you're saluting good health, bad habits, old enemies, or new friends.
To all our guests who make us happy, some by coming and others by going...
Featuring all the right words for all the right occasions by Oscar Wilde Charles Dickens Dorothy Parker Bette Davis Groucho Marx Ogden Nash Winston Churchill Ingrid Bergman Miss Piggy Ralph Waldo Emerson Robert Frost John Kennedy Mae West William Shakespeare Socrates Gloria Steinem and hundreds of others who never worried about being at a loss for words.
And here's to living well, 'tis the best revenge...
About the Author
Jennifer Rahel Conover comes from a family of diplomats and politicians. She has worked as a high-fashion model, an interior designer (for President Nixon's Winter White House), and with her husband, Ted, in the yacht charter business. Currently an award-winning photojournalist specializing in travel and yachting, she is published regularly in magazines, newspapers, and in-flight magazines throughout the world. She lives in South Florida with her husband and their Ragdoll cat, Kat...mandu.